Lucille Girl
How popular is Lucille?
#237 girl name in 2025
1,314 baby girls were named Lucille in the US in 2025, making it the 237th most popular girl name.
Lucille popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #237 for girls (▲ 37 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,314 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #286 in 2015, #274 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (7,989 girls) |
| Highest rank | #27 in 1919 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lucille counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lucille family of names ranked #251 for girls in 2025 (#286 the year before), with 1,340 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lucille | 1,314 | 98% |
| Lucile | 26 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lucille is most popular
Babies named Lucille per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 2.7 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- South Dakota: 2.7 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- Minnesota: 2.3 per 1,000 (244 girls)
- Montana: 2.0 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- New Hampshire: 1.9 per 1,000 (36 girls)
Lucille by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,108 | #152 |
| 1890s | 5,105 | #71 |
| 1900s | 15,041 | #36 |
| 1910s | 56,147 | #27 |
| 1920s | 63,883 | #29 |
| 1930s | 30,843 | #59 |
| 1940s | 20,453 | #113 |
| 1950s | 12,048 | #180 |
| 1960s | 4,418 | #370 |
| 1970s | 1,402 | #675 |
| 1980s | 1,053 | #1,097 |
| 1990s | 1,215 | #1,185 |
| 2000s | 3,212 | #568 |
| 2010s | 9,650 | #265 |
| 2020s | 6,993 | #237 |
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Questions
- Is Lucille a boy or girl name?
- Lucille is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lucille were girls.
- How popular is the name Lucille?
- 1,314 baby girls were named Lucille in the US in 2025, making it the 237th most popular girl name.
- When was Lucille most popular?
- Lucille peaked in 1920, when 7,989 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #27 in 1919.
- How many people are named Lucille?
- 233,321 babies have been named Lucille in the US since 1880. We estimate about 60,399 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 70.
- Where is Lucille most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lucille was most common in Vermont, at 2.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.